Newbie please help not Booting after KDE plasma workspace install

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mrmad1966
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Newbie please help not Booting after KDE plasma workspace install

Post by mrmad1966 » 2022/10/27 13:30:32

I'd really appreciate some help here. Trying to transition from Ubuntu to CentOS but struggling already. Just done a minimal install CentOS 7. Carried out a yum update then an install of the KDE Plasma workspace but on rebooting everything just hangs. It's there anyone willing to try and help me out here please 😭

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Re: Newbie please help not Booting after KDE plasma workspace install

Post by TrevorH » 2022/10/27 16:17:36

It seems a bit pointless to install CentOS 7 on a new install when it only has 18 months or so of life left.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: Newbie please help not Booting after KDE plasma workspace install

Post by mrmad1966 » 2022/10/29 07:23:04

TrevorH wrote:
2022/10/27 16:17:36
It seems a bit pointless to install CentOS 7 on a new install when it only has 18 months or so of life left.
Very good point.. I had read support till 2024 I had naively assumed a new version would then be released

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Re: Newbie please help not Booting after KDE plasma workspace install

Post by jlehtone » 2022/10/29 11:58:00

CentOS 7 was originally released in July 2014. The last time it got any new features was November 2020. All support for it will end June 2024.

RHEL 8 was released in May 2019 and RHEL 9 in May 2022. Each RHEL major version is a distinct distro; there is no "rolling upgrades" for them. Each major release lives a decade.

CentOS 7 is a rebuild of RHEL 7. There was CentOS Linux 8, a rebuild of RHEL 8, but it discontinued last year. There are multiple other rebuilds of RHEL; AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux spawned to continue the idea that created CentOS.

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